Combination card and dice game



July 10, 1951 D. E. POST 2,560,187

COMBINATION CARD AND DICE GAME Filed May 5, 1946 NVENTQR Y 2f:

ATTORNEY Patented July 10, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFlCE 2,560,187COMBINATION CARD AND DICE GAME Durrel E. Post, Gates Mills, OhioApplication May s, 71946, Serial No. 667,166

2 Claims.

1 My present invention comprises a novel combination dice and card gamewherein the playing cards have indicia thereon related to the indicia onthe dice, and the playing of the cards in accordance with the rules ofvarious games is determined by the indicia appearing on the upperfacesof the dice when the latter are rolled.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel, interesting,and entertaining game which will have wide appeal and which will haveinfinite variety in the manner of its playing as a result of the novelform of the playing elements consisting of cards and dice having relatedindicia thereon.

The combination card and dice game of my invention comprises a suit orsuits of cards, each card of a suit having indicia thereon designatingit as of diflerent numerical or other value from the other cards of thesuit, and a die or pair of dice for each suit of cards employed, the dieor pair of dice for each suit having on their different faces indiciacorresponding to the respective indicia of the different cards to whichthe die or pair of dice relates.

The game of my invention further comprises other dice having differentrelation to one or more cards of different suits of cards employed inthe game of my invention. Of these latter dice, as disclosed herein, onedie may have on its different faces indicia corresponding to differentcards of different suits; another die may have on its different facesindicia-corresponding to like cards of different suits; and another diehas on its different faces indicia differently and peculiarly related tolike cards of different suits.

The details of the invention will be better understood from thefollowingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a suit of cards made in accordance with myinvention, each card having on it identifying indicia differentlydesignating the same and corresponding to like indicia upon a die ordice employed in conjunction with such suit of cards.

Figure 2 illustrates another suit of cards each having thereonidentifying indicia differently identifying the respective cards of suchsuit in like manner to corresponding cards of the suit of Figure l butidentifying the same as of a different suit.

Figure 3 illustrates still another suit of cards each having thereondifferent identifying indicia differently identifying the respectivecards of the latter suit in a manner corresponding to like cards of theother two suits but identifying the cards of the latter suit as of adifferent suit.

Figure 4 illustrates certain dice of my invention having certain indiciathereon corresponding to indicia on like cards of the several suits, oneof the die members of Figure 4 having its indicia relating in a peculiarand different manner to the like cards of the several suits from themanner in which the indicia upon the other die member corresponds tolike cards of the several suits. I

Figure 5 illustrates another die member of my invention having indiciathereon corresponding to different cards of diiferent suits of cards.

Figure 6 illustrates several die members, each i of which corresponds toits respective suit of cards and has indicia thereon corresponding tothe respective cards of the respective suit to which it relates. 7

Now describing the invention more in detail, Figure 1 illustrates a suitof cards, which may be termed for the purposes hereof as the green suit,the respective cards being designated by the numerals I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,and. I. It will be noted that the cards i to 1 each has indicia thereondifferently designating it from the other cards of such suit, butdesignating each of the cards as of the same suit, the indicia being, inthis instance, in the form of green spots. The indicia on the cards I tol is designated by the numerals la, 2a, 3a, 4a, Ba, Ba, and la,respectively. The indicia Ia on card I, for example, comprises one greenspot, indicating that it is the first card of the green suit ofFigure 1. Likewise, indicia 2a on card 2 comprises two green spots,indicating that it is the second card of said green suit. Similarly, theindicia 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a,, and 1a., on cards 3, 4, 5, 6, and 1,respectively, comprises different numbers of green spots for each cardindicating different consecutive cards of the said green suit.

In like manner I preferably provide additional suits of cards, such asthose illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the individual cards of therespective suits each having different identifying indicia thereoncorresponding to like cards of the green suit but designating respectivecards of the suit as ,of a different suitthan the cards of the othersuit. For example, as illustrated, the suit of cards of Figure 2, whichmay be termed for the purposes hereof as the red suit, comprises sevencards respectively designated by the numbers 8, 9,10, ll, l2, l3, andI4, respectively corresponding to'the cards designated l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,and. 1 of the green suit. That is to say the cards 8 to [4 will all haveindicia thereon such as a red spot or spots designating them as cards ofthe red suit, and each of the cards 8 to M will have a different numberof red spots thereon so as to distinguish each card from the other cardsof the red suit. Thus, card 8 will have one red spot thereon indicated80., the card 9 will have two red spots thereon, the card 12 three redspots, card I I four red spots, card l2 five red spots, card I3 six redspots, and card [4 seven red spots.

Likewise, Figure 3 illustrates still another suit of cards, each havingindicia thereon designiating it as of a different suit from the othertwo suits illustrated, the indicia on the cards distinguishing each cardfrom every other card of the same suit. Thus, the suit of cardsillustrated in Figure 3, and which may be termed for the purposeshereof, as the yellow suit, comprises cards designated by the numeralsl5, 16, ll, [8, i9, 20, and 2|, each having a number of yellow spotsthereon. Thus card l5, has one yellow spot, card l6 two yellow spots,card i! three yellow spots, card l3 four yellow spots, card l9 fiveyellow spots, card 20 six yellow spots, and card 2| seven yellow spots.

It will be understood that additional suits of cards may be provided asdesired or required, in accordance with my invention, depending upon thenumber of players utilizing the game.

In accordance with my invention I provide dice members such asillustrated in Figure 6, and, additionally, if desired, one or more ofthe dice members illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. As shown in Figure 6,the dice members 22, 23, 24, have indicia thereon respectively relatingeach of the die members with its particular one of the suits of cardsillustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3. Thus, the die member 22 has on eachof its faces the indicia in the form of spots, each face of the diemember 22 having a different number of spots, all of the spots on diemember 22 being of the same color, namely, green, relating the diemember 22 to the green suit of cards illustrated in Figure 1. Thus thedie member 22 has on its face 22a one green spot 22b relating that faceof the die member 22 to the card I of the green suit of cards ofFigure 1. Likewise, the face 220 of the die member 22 has two greenspots 22d relating this face of the die member 22 to the card 2 of thegreen suit of cards illustrated in Figure 1.

On its face 226 there are three green spots 22 relating this face of thedie member 22 to the card 3 of the green suit illustrated in Figure 1.It will be understood that the other faces of the die member 22 arerespectively provided with four, five, or six green spots respectivelyrelating these faces of the die member 22 to the cards 4, 5, and 5 ofthe suit of cards of Figure 1.

Die member 23 is similar to die member 22 except that the indicia on therespective faces of die member 23 are related to the red suit of Figure2. That is to say, the respective faces of the die member 23 have,respectively, one, two, three, four, five, and six red spots,respectively relating these faces of the die member 23 to the cards 8,9,H], H, [2, and I3, of the red suit of Figure 2.

Similarly, the die member 24 has on its respective faces indiciarelating this die member to the yellow suit of Figure 3 and therespective faces of the die member 24 being related to the respectivecards I5 to 2! of the said yellow suit. Thus the die member 24 has onits respective faces I, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 yellow spots relating thosefaces of said die member 24 to the respective cards l5, l6, l1, I8, I B,and 26, of the yellow suit of Figure 3.

The die member 25 of Figure 5 is similar to the dice members of Fig-ure6 in that the die member 25 has a different number of spots on eachface. However, the spots on each face of the die member 25 are of acolor different from that of the spots on the other faces of said diemember 25, and the color of the spots on different faces of thediemember 25 is related to the color of different suits of cardsutilized in my game. Thus the face 25a. of die member 25 has five redspots thereon relating this face of the die member 25 to card 12 of thered suit of Figure 2; face 25b of die member 25 has four green spotsrelating this face of die member 25 to a different suit of cards,namely, the green suit of Figure 1, and to a different card of thatsuit, namely card A, which likewise has four green spots thereon; andface 250 of die member 25 has six yellow spots relating this face of diemember 25 to still another suit, namely the yellow suit of Figure 3, andto still a different card of the latter suit, namely card 28, whichlikewise will have six yellow spots thereon. It will be understood thatthe other faces of die member 25 will respectively have one, two, andthree spots, the spots on each of the latter faces of the die member 25being of a different color from the spots on the other faces of said diemember 25. Thus, the face of the die member 25 having one spot thereonmay use a brown spot, relating that face to a brown suit of cards to thecard of that suit having one brown spot thereon; another of the faces ofthe die member 25 may have three orange spots, relating that face to anorange suit of cards and to the card of the orange suit having threeorange spots thereon; another face of the die member 25 may have twoblue spots thereon, relating this face of the die member 25 to a bluesuit of cards and to the card of that suit having two blue spots.

Referring now to Figure 4, the die member 26 is designed to have indiciaon each of its faces relating to a like card of a different suit. Forexample, the face 26a of die member 25 has six green spots thereon,relating this .face of the die member 26 to card 5 of the green suit ofFigure 1 which card 6 has six green spots thereon. In like manner, theface 262) of die member 25 has six red spots thereon, relating this faceof die member 25 to card 83 of the red suit of Figure 2, which likewisehas six red spots thereon. Similarly face 250 of die member 26 has sixyellow spots, relating this face of die member 26 to the yellow suit ofFigure 3 and to card member 20 thereof, which also has six yellow spotsthereon. It will be understood that the other faces of die member 25will each have six spots, the spots on each of said other faces relatingto a like card of another suit, so that, for example, one face mayrelate to the six card of an orange suit, another face to the six cardof a blue suit, and still another face to the six card of a brown suit.

The die member 21 of Fig-ure 4 has on its respective faces differentindicia, differently and peculiarly relating each of said faces to alike card of a different suit. Thus, for example, the face 21a has sevenspots thereon, relating this face of the die member 21 to the seven spotcard of a certain suit of cards. However, the spots on face 27a are notall of the same color. One of the spots, namely, 21b, on face 21a isgreen, while the oth r spots on face Zia are of a different color,shown, for example, as brown. Thus, depending upon the manner in whichthe is played in accor dance with variations of rules, the face 27a ofdie member 27 may be determined to relate to the seven spot card of abrown suit, o to the seven spot card of the green suit of Figure 1. Inlike manner one of the seven spots on face 210 of die member 21 may' beof a different color from theother spots on face 21c. Thus, for example,'as sliown', spot 21d on face 210 is red and the other spots .on face21d are orange. Similarly, one of the spots on face 216 may be a yellowspot as shown at 27 while theother spots on face 216 are blue, as shown.It will be understood that the other faces of diemember 21 will likewisecontain seven spots on each face, one or more of the spots on each facebeing different from the color of the other spots on the said face.

The combination dice and card game of my invention is capable ofinfinite .variety in rules of playing. Ingeneral, it may be stated thatthe game may be played as a solitaire game by a single person, or as agame in which two or more persons compete against each other, or as agame in which an even number of persons play as partners, or on sides.The method of play in general contemplates the use of one or more suitsof cards" and one or more of the die members such as 22, 23, or 2d,corresponding to each suit of cards employed for the particular varietyof game to be played. The method of play in generalcontemplates that aplayer will roll one .or more'of the die members to determinewhether hecan play a card held by him. When a player rolls the die or dice, he mayplay a card or cards having indicia thereon corresponding to indiciaupon the upper faces of th die or dice after they are rolled. It will beapparent that in addition to one or more of the die members 22, 23, and24 for each suit of cards employed in a particular game, there may bealso used one or more of the die members 25, 26, and 21, the rolling ofwhich will similarly determine which card or cards held by a player maybe played in his turn upon rolling of the dice.

One example of a method of playing the game of my invention inaccordance with solitaire rules by a single player will now bedescribed. The player selects a suit of cards, such as the green suit ofFigure 1, using only cards I to 6 inclusive, shufiles the cards, andplaces them face-down in a single pile in front of him. Now he turns thetop card face up and rolls the die member 22 bearing indicia relating tothe green suit of Figure 1. If, after rolling the die member 22, itbears on its top face indicia corresponding to indicia on the top cardof the pile, the card may be played out on the board and the next cardon the pile turned face up. The player rolls the die members 22 againand determines whether the indicia on the top face of the die member 22after the roll corresponds with the indicia upon the card on top of thepile. If the player cannot match the indicia on the top card with thaton the top face of the die member in three rolls of the latter, he losesthe game; otherwise, the play continues as above described until theplayer has played out all the cards of the pile.

It will be obvious that a single player can play a similar solitairegame using more than one suit of cards in which event he may utilize allseven cards of each suit, shuiiling all of the cards together, and usingone or more die members of Figure 6 corresponding to each suit employed.In playing of a solitaire game with more than one suit of cards, inaddition to the die members of Figure 6, one or more of the die membersof Figures 4 and 5 may also be used. For the playing of the seven spotcard of any suit, the die member 21 may be utilized by matching the oddspot on the upper face of die member 21 with the color of the particularseven spot card, or by matching the color of the other spots on "theupper face of the die member 2'8 with the color of the particular sevenspot card.

For the playing of the gameof my invention by two or more playerscompeting against" each other individually, or playing as partners oronsides, one suit of cards can be employed foreach player playing thegame, and one or morefof the dice of Figure fi'corresponding to thecolor of each suit utilized will also be employed, and also, if desired,one or more of the die members of Figures 4 and 5. In the playing of thegame by two or more persons, each player may select a suit of cards,shuflle the cards'of his selected suit, and place the cards face down infront of him. Then the game may be played after the manner of solitaireexcept; that the players will take turns rolling the dice anddetermining the play of the cards by matching the same withthe top cardof the pile of cards in front of himz-ic, I

If each player plays only the suit of cards selected by him, he needonly roll the die member of Figure 6 corresponding to the respectivesuit, together with die members of Figures 4 and 5, if desired.

Instead of eachplayer only playing cards .of his selected suit, thecards of all suits may-be shuffled together and dealt to the respectiveplayers, who may play them from their hands or from a pile or pilesdealt upon the board in front of each player. In any event, the playingof the cards will be determined by the rolling of the dice and matchingof same with the card held by the particular player. The play willcontinue until one of the players has played all of the cards held byhim, the players taking their turns rolling the dice.

Scoring may be by counting the value of the cards played by each playeror by counting the cards still held by each player against that individual player, or in favor of the player playing out hiscards first,or in various other ways as will be apparent.

The die members of Figures 4 and 5 may be employed to provide eitherpenalties or premium, adding to the interest and excitement of the game.For example, if a player, after rolling the dice, matches one of the diemembers of Figures 4 and 5 with cards held by him, such plays may beutilized to give that player a premium such as an additional arbitraryscore, or double or triple the value of the card matched. or in anyother desired manner. Similarly, one or more of the die members ofFigures 4 and 5 may be utilized to inflict a penalty upon the playermatching the indicia on those die members with cards held by him.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the combination card anddice game of my invention may be played in accordance with an infinitevariety of rules, as desired, to provide a very interesting andentertaining game for one or more players.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A combination card and dice game comprising a plurality of suits ofplaying cards, each suit having a plurality of cards, each card of aparticular suit having a different number of spots of a particularcolor, the spots on cards of each suit being of dilferent color from thecolor of the spots on cards of every other suit, and a die member foreach suit having a plurality of faces, each face having a differentnumber of spots thereon corresponding in number and color to therespective cards of a particular suit, combined with three'additionaldie members, namely, a die member having a plurality of faces, each facethereof having a different number of spots thereon corresponding innumber and color to different cards of diiTerent suits, a die memberhaving a plurality of faces, each face thereof having the same number ofspots thereon, the spots on each face being of different color from thecolor of spots on the other faces whereby the spots on each facecorrespond in number and color to like cards of different suits, and adie member, each face thereof having the same num-- ber of spotsthereon, certain of the spots on each face corresponding in color to onesuit, and certain of the spots on each face corresponding in color to adifierent suit.

2. A combination card and dice game comprising a plurality of suits ofplaying cardsQeach suit having a plurality of cards, each card havingindicia thereon designating it as of a particular suit anddistinguishing it from every other card of said suit, and a die memberfor each suit having a plurality of faces, each face having indiciathereon corresponding with a different particularly identified card ofthe same suit, combined with three additional die membars, namely, a diemember having a plurality of faces, each face having indicia thereoncorresponding to a difierent card of a different suit, a die memberhaving a plurality of faces, each face having indicia thereoncorresponding to a like card of a different suit, and a die memberhaving a plurality of faces, each face having indicia thereoncorresponding to like cards of the several suits, a portion of theindicia on each face relating to the indicia designating one suit ofcards, and another portion of the indicia on each face relating to theindicia designating another suit of cards.

DURREL E. POST.

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